Tuesday, July 14, 2009

All Star game

I've always been an American League fan but growing up it seemed the National League was always winning this baseball ritual. Indeed, the NL won 7 of 10 in the 50s. And overall, despite the current losing streak, the NL is still ahead:

But here’s the rub: the National League still holds the all-time advantage at 41-36-2, meaning the NL went 38-19-1 from 1933 to 1987 with the following dominant streaks of their own:

11 in a row (1972-1982)
8 in a row (1963-1970)
19 out of 20 (1963-1982)

Source

The AL leads 4-3 in the 9th as I write but I wouldn't mind the NL making a bottom of the 9th comeback, just to give the St. Louis fans a thrill. We'll see.

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